Y'all are wrong on your terminology. Oldtimers know that the clam gun is actually the shovel, modified from an old garden shovel back in the '30s. The clam tube, now popularly referred to as the clam gun, was invented in the '50s by a guy from Shelton and originally called the Sandpiper. So whichever you use (I prefer the shovel, or the original gun), at least use the proper term.